[chbot] Banggood?

[Winston Wealleans]

How much do you need?

I have some white 2.5 toothed belting, 6 or 8 
strand stainless wire reinforced with matching 
toothed pulleys. Pulleys bored fit Nema 17 stepper motors.
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At 10:00 AM 25-09-17, you wrote:
>Thanks everyone.  I'll start using them.
>
>As I said, I have never had a problem with DX, 
>it's just that they aren't stocking the esoteric items I'm looking for.
>
>At the moment I am looking for GT2 belt (as used 
>in 3D printers) in white, because I am going to 
>use it for automatic curtains, and black would look bad.
>
>DX has 10m in black (only) for $8, BG has it in 
>white for $12.  DX has no stock of the GT2 
>pulleys, BG has all the popular variants.
>
>I have also noticed a few guys on TradeMe are 
>reselling a lot of the cool modules, parts, and 
>tools that you see on the Chinese sites.  I 
>ordered some black GT2 belt and some pulleys for 
>more testing.  I'll get them in a couple of 
>days, but they're more expensive of course.
>
>I tried using builder's line.  It doesn't 
>stretch but I can't get the tension I want.  I 
>tried fishing line, but it does stretch, and I 
>found it snarling up on the drive pulley.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Andrew
>
>
>On Sep 24, 2017 10:46 PM, "Chris Hellyar" 
><<mailto:chris at trash.co.nz>chris at trash.co.nz> wrote:
>Evening..
>
>I've bought a few bits and bobs off Banggood.  I'd rate they above
>DX.com for service/shipping by a country mile.  They have also responded
>quite well the two times I've had a query, although it took a couple of
>days but I imagine their service/support folks are pretty busy.
>
>Cheers, Chris H.
>
>On 24/09/17 19:09, Andrew Errington wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Has anyone used banggood?  I never have as I usually shop at
> > DealExtreme, but I am finding more often that they're out of stock
> > (generally permanently) or just don't have all the things, and that
> > banggood keeps popping up as an alternative when doing a wider search.
> >
> > If you have used the site, what are your opinions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andrew
> >
>
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